Shloka 25

Devanagari script

बलाबलसमूहाय अक्षोभ्यक्षोभणाय च दीप्तशृङ्गैकशृङ्गाय वृषभाय ककुद्मिने

Transliteration

balābalasamūhāya akṣobhyakṣobhaṇāya ca dīptaśṛṅgaikaśṛṅgāya vṛṣabhāya kakudmine

Translation

Đảnh lễ Đấng là toàn thể của sức mạnh và sự bất lực; Đấng bất động mà có thể làm rung chuyển muôn loài. Đảnh lễ Vṛṣabha—Chúa Tể Ngưu Vương với sừng rực cháy, một sừng trong nhất thể tối thượng, mang bướu cao (kakud) là dấu ấn quyền uy.

Word by Word

• बलाबलसमूहाय: to the aggregate/source of strength and weakness

• अक्षोभ्य: to the unshakable (immutable Pati)

• अक्षोभणाय: to the shaker/agitator (who stirs the cosmos)

• च: and

• दीप्तशृङ्ग: having blazing horns

• एकशृङ्गाय: to the single-horned/one-pointed One (symbol of non-duality and focused power)

• वृषभाय: to the Bull (Dharma and Shiva’s emblem, Nandi-principle)

• ककुद्मिने: to the humped one (bearing the exalted hump

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating a traditional Shiva-stuti within the Linga Purana discourse)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It functions as a nāma-stuti that anchors Linga-pūjā in Shiva’s sovereignty (Pati): the Linga is worshipped as the unshakable Absolute who still empowers cosmic movement and dharma, symbolized by the bull.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva is portrayed as akṣobhya (immutable consciousness) and akṣobhaṇa (the divine power that stirs creation), holding together opposites—bala/abala—while remaining the transcendent Pati beyond pasha-bound pashus.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Nāma-japa and contemplative upāsanā: meditate on Shiva as unwavering (akṣobhya) to cut pasha (bondage) and as the inner awakener (akṣobhaṇa) to energize disciplined Pāśupata-like practice and dharmic action.